sifter

[ sif-ter ]

/ ˈsɪf tər /

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noun

a person or thing that sifts.

a kitchen implement for sifting: a flour sifter.

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Origin of sifter

First recorded in 1570–80; sift + -er¹

Words nearby sifter

Sieyès, sif, sifaka, Sifrei Torah, sift, sifter, siftings, SIG, siganid, Sigatoka, Siggeir

How to use sifter in a sentence

The sifter dumped flotsam—bricks, wiring, barbecue grills, bicycle wheels—in piles to be shipped to landfills upstate.
Superstorm Who? Sandy’s Hard-Hit Beach Towns Reopen for Business|Eliza Shapiro, Josh Dzieza|May 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To remove any foreign material from the flour and at the same time make it light, a flour sifter is required.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
"A miner's a man who digs gold up and washes it in a cinder-sifter," explained Stanley.
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various
"Dig up some sand, pard, and fling it into the cinder-sifter while I write out the caution in blue pencil," said Stanley.
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various

In this formula the possible boy or girl is coaxed out by the promise of a bow or a meal-sifter to the one who can get it first.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees|James Mooney
Among the Cherokees it is common, in asking about the sex of a new arrival, to inquire, Is it a bow or a sifter?
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees|James Mooney